Ideal companion character?

Syldras · November 13

amig186 wrote: »

But it would be funny to have a companion who doesn't kiss your hindquarters all the time. Either someone who accompanies you begrugingly (like a bound dremora), or one who banters with you constantly, even coming close to crossing the line at times. I suppose that would put a lot of people off though, and not sell well.

Considering some people even complain about Bastian's "Now you're just showing off!" (when using an ultimate) being "rude", you're probably right.

emilyhyoyeon · November 13

I think I'd be pretty happy with the young male elven scholar that a bunch of others have said.

Mirri suits one of my main characters and Sharp suits another one of my main characters. But I've been waiting since Blackwood for one who suits my most played main character. She's who I'd like the scholar for.

Honestly I don't care if they're altmer or dunmer, or man or woman (or NB I suppose). I just so badly want someone for her that's mature in behavior, personality, etc. Like typical maturity of a real world 35-45 year old. And also that they're a mage or scholar or both.

Azandar is the closest so far (and the one my most played main uses the most) but, while I personally think his quirkiness is cute and fun, he doesn't have as ''stoic'' of a personality as would be ideal for my character. Also I'd prefer the companion be a for-their-race middle aged woman to match my own character, since she's a lesbian and it'd be cool to explore romance in her character. But I'm desperate at this point after Tanlorin for at least the personality match, so I'm not picky.

PrincessOfThieves · November 13

I would like to have at least one evil companion. Doesn't matter if it's a witch/warlock, a vampire, or a werewolf, but I would like them to be attractive, if possible.
And a heroic nord or orc companion.
And... Well, we just got a high elf companion, but I would like another one, preferably a Fennorian look-alike. Bonus points if that companion is more on a serious/stoic side.

KromedeTheCorrupt · November 13

Build a companion.com

metheglyn · November 13

I want to join the handsome male Altmer scholar with long hair club, too!

Preferably one who also realizes my character is Altmer and doesn't explain Altmer society to me like I don't have a clue what goes on.

SilverBride · November 13

amig186 wrote: »

But it would be funny to have a companion who doesn't kiss your hindquarters all the time. Either someone who accompanies you begrugingly (like a bound dremora), or one who banters with you constantly, even coming close to crossing the line at times. I suppose that would put a lot of people off though, and not sell well.

Listen to Mirri some time. She is so smug and rude that I couldn't stand to have her around and fired her a long time ago. And I couldn't stand to hear "fetcher" one more time.

SilverBride · November 13

metheglyn wrote: »

I want to join the handsome male Altmer scholar with long hair club, too!

I'm a member of that club!

Enemy-of-Coldharbour · November 13

A cute little female Bosmer that destroys my enemies with poison arrows and occasionally says "I love you oneesan".

Erickson9610 · November 13

amig186 wrote: »

OsUfi wrote: »

A high elf like Taarie from Skyrim. Rude as heck, but with a sliver of a heart of gold. It's kinda what I was hoping for from Tanlorian.

I think they got the comically rude high elf well with the Alinor banker lady, Tilanfire.

"Well look what the sea washed ashore! Another one of our interesting visitors! Your gold and valuables will be treated with the same care as any High Elf's, you have my word. You do use gold as a currency where you come from, don't you?"

Wtf. I never knew that, she was always damn near comically polite to me.

But it would be funny to have a companion who doesn't kiss your hindquarters all the time. Either someone who accompanies you begrugingly (like a bound dremora), or one who banters with you constantly, even coming close to crossing the line at times. I suppose that would put a lot of people off though, and not sell well.

I'm pretty sure most Companions begrudgingly follow you if you get them to low rapport — each one has a different motivation for still following you despite disliking you. Still, it'd be interesting to have a Companion who prefers to be alone, who follows you for some reason anyway.

Syldras · November 13

SilverBride wrote: »

Listen to Mirri some time. She is so smug and rude that I couldn't stand to have her around and fired her a long time ago. And I couldn't stand to hear "fetcher" one more time.

She's teasing. It's just friendly banter. Of course one can still dislike it, that's a question of personal taste, and that's fine. But I wouldn't say she's malevolent.

SilverBride · November 13

Syldras wrote: »

SilverBride wrote: »

Listen to Mirri some time. She is so smug and rude that I couldn't stand to have her around and fired her a long time ago. And I couldn't stand to hear "fetcher" one more time.

She's teasing. It's just friendly banter. Of course one can still dislike it, that's a question of personal taste, and that's fine. But I wouldn't say she's malevolent.

I would. She just comes across as rude to me and I was irritated enough to never use her again.

https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/598117/i-fired-mirri/p1

Erickson9610 · November 13

SilverBride wrote: »

Syldras wrote: »

SilverBride wrote: »

Listen to Mirri some time. She is so smug and rude that I couldn't stand to have her around and fired her a long time ago. And I couldn't stand to hear "fetcher" one more time.

She's teasing. It's just friendly banter. Of course one can still dislike it, that's a question of personal taste, and that's fine. But I wouldn't say she's malevolent.

I would. She just comes across as rude to me and I was irritated enough to never use her again.

https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/598117/i-fired-mirri/p1

One reason why I hope we keep getting new Companions every year is so that all players can find at least one Companion they get along with. Imagine if we could only pick between Mirri and Bastian! Their personalities aren't for everyone.

amig186 · November 13

SilverBride wrote: »

amig186 wrote: »

But it would be funny to have a companion who doesn't kiss your hindquarters all the time. Either someone who accompanies you begrugingly (like a bound dremora), or one who banters with you constantly, even coming close to crossing the line at times. I suppose that would put a lot of people off though, and not sell well.

Listen to Mirri some time. She is so smug and rude that I couldn't stand to have her around and fired her a long time ago. And I couldn't stand to hear "fetcher" one more time.

I have, she was the first companion I maxed out. I'd never dream of calling her rude, in fact I'd say she's a very 'sanitised' Dunmer. Always the bleeding heart when it comes to the Argonians, too. Maybe Zos shouldn't have bothered making her nice if she ended up offending people regardless.

Necrotech_Master · November 13

personality wise - an entertaining companion with witty or smartaleck comments (thinking along the lines of cadwell, rigurt, raz, or the auger of the obscure)

look wise - something thats atypical (undead skeleton, dremora, etc)

general - a companion i can just freaking use on all my characters without going through the same long repetitive intro quest repeatedly

Xarc · November 13

Necrotech_Master wrote: »

look wise - something thats atypical (undead skeleton, dremora, etc)

would be awesome

ArchangelIsraphel · November 13

Erickson9610 wrote: »

SilverBride wrote: »

Syldras wrote: »

SilverBride wrote: »

Listen to Mirri some time. She is so smug and rude that I couldn't stand to have her around and fired her a long time ago. And I couldn't stand to hear "fetcher" one more time.

She's teasing. It's just friendly banter. Of course one can still dislike it, that's a question of personal taste, and that's fine. But I wouldn't say she's malevolent.

I would. She just comes across as rude to me and I was irritated enough to never use her again.

https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/598117/i-fired-mirri/p1

One reason why I hope we keep getting new Companions every year is so that all players can find at least one Companion they get along with. Imagine if we could only pick between Mirri and Bastian! Their personalities aren't for everyone.

I've always adored Mirri, to be honest. It's pretty hard for me to not see her as nice. I think she's very endearing, she seems to care quite a lot for the player character underneath all the teasing and banter. I've never interpreted anything she's said as the least bit serious, but then again I also enjoy bantering with friends who like to mutually banter with me (I don't do it unless I know they're inclined towards joking, of course) so she suits me just fine.

Djennku · November 13

Necrotech_Master wrote: »

personality wise - an entertaining companion with witty or smartaleck comments (thinking along the lines of cadwell, rigurt, raz, or the auger of the obscure)

look wise - something thats atypical (undead skeleton, dremora, etc)

general - a companion i can just freaking use on all my characters without going through the same long repetitive intro quest repeatedly

DRINGOTH!!! I am still waiting to see him in a future update somewhere. I loved the guy. Would be cool to have someone similar as a companion for sure.

PS. Petition to bring back dringoth! XP

Jaimeh · November 13

For me the original companions from the main quest were all ideal; although they all had very different personalities from each other, they shared traits that made them great to adventure with the Vestige: they were brave, willing to put themselves in line for the goal, they had seen and gone through a lot of things in their lifetime so they had much knowledge and resources, and last but not least: a good sense of humour that they maintained even in the grimmest of times. So if I had to design a companion, I would make them a lot like that, but for things to be more lighthearted, I'd also make them a member of the Undaunted guild, so they could also have a degree of brashness and blockheadedness, just enough to make situations sometimes unnecessarily complicated and dangerous but adventurous and fun at the same time

In terms of skills, they'd be a DK (but I'd prefer a different ultimate than that of DK companions), and I would spec them in a tanky brawler build.

Caligamy_ESO · November 13

Speaking personally.. *sucks air in through his teeth in preparation*

I would like to see a gay companion. One of my fondest ESO character memories was Walks-Softly in the Thief's guild line such a well done character, or the Bosmer couple in Greenshade?? I believe it was.. though it was a sad tropey kind of quest it still warmed my heart a bit to see it.

I realize merely speaking this is opening up a can of worms but.. well tough. That's the kind of companion I'd like to see.

Syldras · November 13

Caligamy_ESO wrote: »

Speaking personally.. *sucks air in through his teeth in preparation*
I would like to see a gay companion.

Why do you assume that all male companions so far were straight?

CrazyKitty · November 13

Another real life player will always be the best companion to have in any MMO. I actually think MMO's shouldn't even offer any other kind of companions. It is an MMO and grouping with and meeting other players should be encouraged, not discouraged.

SilverBride · November 13

Syldras wrote: »

Caligamy_ESO wrote: »

Speaking personally.. *sucks air in through his teeth in preparation*
I would like to see a gay companion.

Why do you assume that all male companions so far were straight?

I was about to ask something similar myself.

I have an "Inn for Lovers" at my Lucky Cat Landing house and one of the rooms is currently occupied by Sharp and Bastian.

I do not like having the sexual preference of a Companion assigned by ZoS, but rather let each player fill in the blanks for how they see their Companions.

ArchangelIsraphel · November 14

SilverBride wrote: »

Syldras wrote: »

Caligamy_ESO wrote: »

Speaking personally.. *sucks air in through his teeth in preparation*
I would like to see a gay companion.

Why do you assume that all male companions so far were straight?

I was about to ask something similar myself.

I have an "Inn for Lovers" at my Lucky Cat Landing house and one of the rooms is currently occupied by Sharp and Bastian.

I do not like having the sexual preference of a Companion assigned by ZoS, but rather let each player fill in the blanks for how they see their Companions.

I love the idea of this pairing SO much. Bastian would be so good to Sharps. I can see him being so understanding of everything he's gone through, and just... my heart ;_;

ArchMikem · November 14

Shortstack Spell Sword Khajiit with really pretty eyes.

Yes it's a sfw link,

https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/106892

SilverBride · November 14

ArchangelIsraphel wrote: »

SilverBride wrote: »

Syldras wrote: »

Caligamy_ESO wrote: »

Speaking personally.. *sucks air in through his teeth in preparation*
I would like to see a gay companion.

Why do you assume that all male companions so far were straight?

I was about to ask something similar myself.

I have an "Inn for Lovers" at my Lucky Cat Landing house and one of the rooms is currently occupied by Sharp and Bastian.

I do not like having the sexual preference of a Companion assigned by ZoS, but rather let each player fill in the blanks for how they see their Companions.

I love the idea of this pairing SO much. Bastian would be so good to Sharps. I can see him being so understanding of everything he's gone through, and just... my heart ;_;

They really seem to compliment each other.

AcadianPaladin · November 14

Interesting thread. A couple points:

1. I find companions superior to live players. Companions remain in character 100% of the time. Their play schedule perfectly mirrors that of my character. They don't mind a bit if I need to powder my nose or refill my teacup. Their goals are exactly the same as those of my character.

2. Gosh, over 50 posts and probably as many different preferences. It seems to me that a design your own companion in game would be perfect. Similar to a character creation menu but with personality aspects as well.

JemadarofCaerSalis · November 14

CrazyKitty wrote: »

Another real life player will always be the best companion to have in any MMO. I actually think MMO's shouldn't even offer any other kind of companions. It is an MMO and grouping with and meeting other players should be encouraged, not discouraged.

Why?

Some people like meeting new players, others don't. I would far prefer to be able to play games with actual friends rather than have to group with random players. But, since I don't have any actual friends who play ESO, I either have to group with random players, which I have done, but don't prefer doing so, or I can get companions who can help me do some of the more difficult content.

Not everyone is social, but they still like playing games, and as with other discussions about this, some players like the 'living' nature of a multiplayer online world. IE, updates that change things, other people running around instead of just NPCs going about their daily business, saying things they were programmed to say and so on.

Some people don't always have the time to group and meet other players. Some days I have a couple of hours I feel like devoting to ESO, which means I can group with other players and likely not have to leave mid activity, others I don't. Other days I jump around between various activities, or think I feel like doing a longer activity, but when I get into it, I realize my attention is wandering and I just can't finish it.

My companion doesn't care. But, if I had grouped with other players, they would. I would also feel bad leaving them and force myself to complete the activity, which would pretty much guarantee I am not going to want to do that activity for a while.

Some players aren't on during peak hours, and so the number of people to group with dwindles to pretty much nothing. I have been in game and asked chat if anyone is interested in doing X, and haven't had a single person answer or show up to X (typically world bosses) Othertimes there are plenty of players for Other tasks but not the one I am looking to do (I am not looking forward to trying to get the last two Alma deck pieces I need, which are for the herald and world bosses in Necrom, because I will need help, and not sure if I will find anyone interested at the times I am ready to do them)

There is also the issue that is brought up in other threads about speed runners vs players who need/want to do other things. Grouping with random people means that your goals might misalign and either you want to go fast and they don't, or they zip through forcing you to catch up before everything is over.

Basically, there are a lot of issues that companions can help solve, and not having those companions wouldn't necessarily make people more likely to want to group up. Instead a lot of people, like me, would just avoid any content that I can't do solo without a companion.

Taril · November 14

CrazyKitty wrote: »

Another real life player will always be the best companion to have in any MMO. I actually think MMO's shouldn't even offer any other kind of companions. It is an MMO and grouping with and meeting other players should be encouraged, not discouraged.

Statistics show that the majority of people who play MMO's, do so solo.

Even many instances of "Encouraging" group play in the couple of decades has been in the form of things like "Group Finder" and supporting that group finder with "Cross-server" grouping. Which is typically not very social at all and just reinforces solo mindsets where the other people in the group may as well just be NPC's.

Simply being an MMO thus doesn't necessitate forcing people to be "Social" just like the real world is "Massively Multiplayer" yet there are many people who like to spend time on their own.

Having companions and other such ways to facilitate solo play isn't "Discouraging" socializing, it's merely not forcing it. People can still be social and do things together, even if there's an option to do things alone. It's just it's players CHOICE to do so (Which generally promotes healthier social interactions because the people being social are doing so because they want to be social, not because they HAVE to be).

It's better to promote socialization via actually having socialization be the purpose of the interactions (Such as Guilds). Not by gating content behind arbitrary forced socialization (Which leads to increases in toxic behaviour because people who don't want to socialize, won't be social)

Mascen · November 14

I always thought a Maormer pirate would make a rather unique companion. I suppose ive always wanted something that doesnt fit into the 6 and counting class mold that would make a companion feel truly different and not a copy paste of the usual abilities onto an AI. Perhaps a companion that has a special single one handed option unique to them that trades off the lack of a second weapon or shield for unique skills.

As far as personality goes ive often liked Mirri, but i would prefer someone i could leave out but would be indifferent to my murderhoboing for gold and penchant for using the blade of woe to earn gold as well. Debonair but reserved and aloof in a way. If i had to suggest a non-Elder Scrolls character as an example for framework, Corto Maltese.

CrazyKitty · November 14

Taril wrote: »

CrazyKitty wrote: »

Another real life player will always be the best companion to have in any MMO. I actually think MMO's shouldn't even offer any other kind of companions. It is an MMO and grouping with and meeting other players should be encouraged, not discouraged.

Statistics show that the majority of people who play MMO's, do so solo.

Even many instances of "Encouraging" group play in the couple of decades has been in the form of things like "Group Finder" and supporting that group finder with "Cross-server" grouping. Which is typically not very social at all and just reinforces solo mindsets where the other people in the group may as well just be NPC's.

Simply being an MMO thus doesn't necessitate forcing people to be "Social" just like the real world is "Massively Multiplayer" yet there are many people who like to spend time on their own.

Having companions and other such ways to facilitate solo play isn't "Discouraging" socializing, it's merely not forcing it. People can still be social and do things together, even if there's an option to do things alone. It's just it's players CHOICE to do so (Which generally promotes healthier social interactions because the people being social are doing so because they want to be social, not because they HAVE to be).

It's better to promote socialization via actually having socialization be the purpose of the interactions (Such as Guilds). Not by gating content behind arbitrary forced socialization (Which leads to increases in toxic behaviour because people who don't want to socialize, won't be social)

Ya, so they can get gear to play in raids both PvE and PvP.

Ask any psychiatrist or related professional and they will tell you social people are happier people.